appetitive behavior: Meaning and Definition of

ap'petitive behav'ior

Pronunciation: [key]
— Ethology. Ethology.
  1. activity that increases the likelihood of satisfying a specific need, as restless searching for food by a hungry predator (distinguished from consummatory behavior).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
appetitive appetizer
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